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stim3on, 3 months ago to space

Ingenuity, our fallen hero - standing on the sand ripple that destroyed her rotors.

Captured yesterday by Perseverance with the Left Mastcam-Z instrument.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Simeon Schmauß

#ThanksIngenuity #MarsHelicopter #NASA #Perseverance #Mars #Solarocks

wider view of the previous image. Ginny is sitting in a large field of sand ripples.

PhilStooke, 5 months ago to random

This is a map of the Pathfinder landing site with names of rocks and other features. It began as a full panorama from the lander, which was projected into a circular format (a modified polar projection) and then projected onto a greatly enlarged HiRISE image to give accurate positional control.

PhilStooke, 5 months ago to random

As with Viking 1 I will show four stages in the development of the Viking 2 workspace. This follows the map with names and adds the various trenches, surface contacts (backhoe touchdowns) etc. Several attempts were made to move a rock and collect soil from underneath it, hoping it might be a protected habitat for any soil organisms.

stim3on, 9 months ago to space

How does "The first robotic servicing mission on the surface of Mars" sound to y'all?

Well, if you're #NASA #JPL, this awesome headline could be yours for the low cost of a few nitrogen puffs!

This thread is just me fantasizing how Perseverance could potentially use its gDRT to clean the dusty solar panel and camera lens on Ingenuity and make history with this extraordinary servicing operation! 🧵

#Ingenuity #MarsHelicopter #Perseverance #Mars2020 #Space #Solarocks #MarsSampleReturn

3D animation of the Perseverance rover standing on Mars next to the Ingenuity Helicopter. The rovers robotic arm is positioned just above the helicopters dusty solar panel. The camera makes a rotating move, first looking at the rover high from the front and then moves in for a closeup low above the ground.

kevinmgill, 10 months ago to random

If you ask me, some of the most beautiful vistas of Mars are coming from the Mars Perseverance Rover navigation cameras. I created a Flickr album to collect some of the best that I’ve processed: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjALTTi

andrealuck, 10 months ago to space

Saturn and its worlds - Dione, Enceladus and Tethys.

Mission: #NASA #ESA #JWST Webb Space Telescope

Colourised image created processing data from: https://mast.stsci.edu

Instrument: NIRCAM
Target: Saturn-Centre
Filter: F322W2, F323N
Observation ID: jw01247-o301_t637_nircam_f322w2-f323n
Time: 2023-06-24
Proposal PI: Fletcher, Leigh
Proposal ID: 1247

#Space #Spacetodon #Astrodon #Solarocks #Astronomy #Saturn
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck

kevinmgill, 11 months ago to space

Stunning afternoon post-drive vista from the Mars Perseverance Rover’s Navcams, taken tosol, Sol 818.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill

#Mars #MarsPerseverance #Space #Science

AstroKatie, 1 year ago to random

This article I wrote explaining Schrödinger’s Cat is in a delicate superposition of informative and unhelpful up until the moment you collapse the wave function by clicking this link: https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/schrodingers-cat-thought-experiment-baffle-inspire-physicists/